marum

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Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μᾶρον (mâron), from Aramaic מַרְוָא / ܡܲܪܘܵܐ (marwā, “Origanum syriacum syn. Origanum maru”), an important ritual herb (☞ explained by Löw), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mlc' /⁠marw⁠/), related to Sanskrit मरुव (maruva, “marjoram”). Also found in Arabic مَرْو (marw, “fragrant herbs; pebbles; quartz”), مَرْدَقُوش (mardaqūš, “marjoram”).

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

marum n (genitive marī); second declension

  1. A kind of plant, cat thyme Teucrium marum
Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative marum mara
Genitive marī marōrum
Dative marō marīs
Accusative marum mara
Ablative marō marīs
Vocative marum mara
Descendants[edit]
  • Spanish: maro
  • Portuguese: maro
  • → Translingual: Marum, Teucrium marum

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

marum

  1. genitive plural of mās

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

marum

  1. genitive plural of mare

References[edit]

  • “marum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • marum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 96 seqq.

Old English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

mārum

  1. dative/instrumental plural of mār
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